Sentence examples for unfavourable stage from inspiring English sources

Non-breast cancer survivors had a significantly (P value=0.005) more unfavourable stage distribution (62% stage II and III) than breast cancer survivors (32% stage II and III).

Cox modelling showed that the outcomes for patients in the United Kingdom were attributable at least in part to unfavourable stage distribution.

Women from lower socio-economic strata are less likely to attend population screening programmes [ 1– 4] and are also more likely to present with unfavourable stage at diagnosis, [ 1, 5, 6] although not all studies confirm this [ 7– 9].

It is also noteworthy that Songun et al (1999) found a weak association between Goseki classification and survival of patients with gastric carcinoma, with a hazard ratio of 1.5 for Goseki stage III vs I+IV, whereas the risk of dying according to TNM stage reached a peak of 8.2 for patients in the most unfavourable stage.

The reasons for the unequal distribution of clinical stages in different colonic subsites may include worse endoscopic accessibility and visibility of certain colonic segments, notably colonic flexures and caecum (Bensen et al, 1999; Pickhardt et al, 2004; Benedix et al, 2011), which were also seen in our study to have both unfavourable stage distribution and lower survival.

Apart from this high proportion of interval cancers, the unfavourable stages at diagnoses for incident screen-detected cancers as well as for interval cancers (stage III/IV: eight out of 10 cases in our study, even excluding prevalent screen-detected cases) were quite disappointing given the high compliance of cases.

Likewise, Brunner et al (2011) found that prognosis did not significantly differ between HPV-positive and HPV-negative tumours in the entire cohort; however, patients with unfavourable tumour stage and HPV positivity had improved disease-free and overall survival.

In a statement, the interior ministry described the political situation as "extremely unfavourable for staging matches".

However, the role of chest CT is not controversial in patients who post-operatively are found to have unfavourable histology or stage III disease, as accurate staging at diagnosis appears to improve overall survival in these patients [ 28].

LOH in 8p, 9p, and 14q has been associated with higher grade, stage, unfavourable prognosis, and tumour recurrence [ 115– 115].

In assessing extramural spread, cases were classified into favourable stage, unfavourable or locally advanced stage (depending on T stage and nodal status) and advanced stage (if the potential CRM was at risk).